This is the local month of Baishak and we have these quick and violent Nor-westers [called KalBaishaki in Bangla]. They start up without a warning, strong winds reaching a hundred Kmph easily, bending the palm trees like they will snap in two, rain that comes in almost horizontally, thunder and lightning, the works! And suddenly, [...]
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A dramatic storm last evening, mighty downpour with lightning so close and bright. Massive bolts. Thunderous crackling. By the time I got the “Roganjosh” gravy ready and put the meat and gravy back on a slow fire to simmer, the storm was abating already. Did manage to catch a few lightning strikes close to the construction [...]
Waiting
Posted in Black and White, rain on Aug 22nd, 2010
Watching the rain and waiting
July 7th at Sidhora. A magical rainy and misty day… Bliss.
Looked like it was going to be yet another lovely sunset, so I grabbed the camera and went off to the roof-top to find that the rain was starting to come down in earnest – a mighty downpour. The rain was just starting to blow inward towards me so a few nice frames and I [...]